The Foster Boy

Name: The Foster Boy
Director: Markus Imboden
Released: 2011
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Katja Riemann, Stefan Kurt, Maximilian Simonischek, Max Hubacher, Lisa Brand

2011 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 1,519 VOTES · DIR. Markus Imboden

Overview

Switzerland, 1955. The young orphan Max is sent as a foster child and contracted to work for the Bösiger family who lives on a farm. His foster parents treat him like a workhorse while their son seizes every opportunity to humiliate him. Playing the accordion is the one thing that is entirely his. But when the new teacher stands up for Max, it only makes a bad situation much worse. The only thing preserving his will to survive is his friendship with Berteli, who was also taken on to work at the farm. Max dreams of Argentina with her: a fantasy world, where allegedly even hayforks are made of silver.

Dialogue Timeline — 994 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:47 THE FOSTER BOY

00:07:10 Do you know your way around here?

00:10:08 He can't change the way he is.

00:13:37 - to the wrestling gym. - Don't bother.

00:18:16 No, no, no, no. Come on!

00:22:04 and what it relies on. Any other ideas?

00:25:16 Where does he keep it?

00:29:47 Have another one. And another.

00:35:47 More than the last one.

00:40:42 What's the matter?

00:44:05 the word comes from "Argentina" and

00:50:43 Got a light?

00:55:11 like him should be kept in the pigsty.

01:01:00 I'll go again, Mama.

01:05:07 Oh no. Stay there!

01:08:13 any idea how you would be treated there?

01:10:54 You have no idea what's going on there.

01:15:24 that everything would get better

01:18:12 All the best, Max.

01:21:20 set free.

01:24:25 I don't want to hear any more.

01:32:19 I MM of several cases of sleepwalking

01:34:49 my concerns about the conditions

01:39:29 And from up in heaven you can listen

Cast & Characters

Katja Riemann Bösigerin Stefan Kurt Bösiger Maximilian Simonischek Jakob Max Hubacher Max Lisa Brand Berteli Miriam Stein Esther Andreas Matti Hasslinger Heidy Forster Grossmutter Ursina Lardi Mutter Dürrer Ernst C. Sigrist Polizist

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed994

Dialogue density9.7 lines / min

First line00:01:47

Final line01:39:29

Production Record

DirectorMarkus Imboden

LanguageGerman

IMDb votes1,519